James L Hubert , NC January 11, 2015 Appliance: Maytag Trash Compactor MTUC7000AWS0 Compactor carriage traveled to bottom but would not return to top although motor would run I removed the bottom access plate to look at the drive mechanism and check the chain and gears. I confirmed the bigger drive gear was broken in three pieces. Once I replaced the gear and adjusted the distance between the two gears (which is really close to prevent the gears from losing contact and stripping them) it works great. Read More... 28 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 30-60 minutes Tools: Adjustable Wrench, Nut Drivers
Steve P Tulsa , OK July 17, 2014 My trash compactor ram was occilating up and down at the top of the return stroke After taking off the front panel to gain access to the upper limit switch i determined that the second stage of the switch was not working. Most likely the contacts were eroded since this compactor is 20 years old. i ordered the switch from AppliancePartsPros.com and had it replace in 15 minutes. The compactor now works like new... saved buying a new one. Hooray!!! Read More... 20 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: Less than 15 minutes Tools: Nut Drivers, Pliers, Screwdrivers
Dorothy T Norman , OK October 27, 2015 Trash compactor would not turn self off After a thorough cleaning and inspection, hubby put in new directional switch and it works like a charm Read More... 6 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: Less than 15 minutes Tools: Nut Drivers, Screwdrivers
Karl B Goleta , CA August 30, 2018 Appliance: Model 800400 Trash compactor was not working I REPLACED THE LIMITER SWITCH AND ON /OFF TURN SWITCH THIS HAS CURED THE PROBLEM,AS A TECH GUY CAME AND CHECKED POWER TO ALL THE SENSORS .THIS WAS A GREAT SAVINGS , COMPARED TO PURCHASING A NEW UNIT...…. Read More... 2 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 15-30 minutes Tools: Pliers, Screwdrivers
Carla K Kimball , NE March 27, 2015 Trash compactor would not compact or go down When the problem started the compactor had to be manually held in the start position continually to compact and the come back to the start position. It deteriorated to the point that it would not compact at all. I ordered BOTH switches and replaced them in the electronic board. Now it works like new. Read More... 2 People found this story helpful Do-It-Yourself Rating: Repair Time Estimate: 15-30 minutes Tools: Adjustable Wrench, Nut Drivers, Pliers, Screwdrivers